The Santa questions start firing at you before your kids turn five. How does he speed around the world in a single night? How does he know what I want? Sure, you could deny Santa's existence, but be ready for some tears.

The good news is, there are perfectly reasonable answers to the many questions relating to his annual mission. The bad news: The science involved is typically beyond the mental reach of the average six year…

The decision by the Australian government to ditch the Christian calendar in school history books has been met by anger.



Instead of BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini), the curriculum will use BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) instead.



The change in abbreviations does not equate to a change in dates, but the Archbishop of Sydney the Most Rev Peter Jensen has described BCE and CE as “meaningless”.



He said the move yesterday was an “intellectually…

Response to that old theist fallback, "You can't prove God doesn't exist":

"You can't prove you're not joking."

Then proceed to insist they must be joking about their belief in God, and that they don't really believe it, they're just trolling you.

Good one theist, you almost got me - but nobody could really believe that stuff! Via: Reddit

This is LAGEOS. Since 1976, this perfect disco sphere has been orbiting Earth carrying 426 cube corner reflectors made of fused silica glass—except four, made of germanium. It also contains a coded message, designed by Dr. Carl Sagan.

The message was duplicated in two 4 x 7-inch stainless steel plates and contains several codes telling things about Earth. The first…

And what’s with the shitty bombastic music?…

Truly a work of art! Where is the "In god we trust"? Oh I love…

The Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza were all built by 2500 BCE, before the Bible says Noah’s flood occurred.

According to the Bible in the year 2348 BCE the earth was plunged into a global flood which killed everyone everywhere because everyone was doing everything naughty (except Noah and his immediate family).

How do we know the Bible says 2348 BCE for the flood? Because in the 17th century an Irish fellow named James Ussher…

Simple animation to explain complex principles

1, aircraft radial engine







2, oval Regulation







3, sewing machines







4, Malta Cross movement - second hand movement used to control the clock







5, auto change file mechanism







6, auto constant velocity universal joint



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7, gun ammunition…